-> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Matus \fantomas\ Uhlar wrote:
-> > -> Ok, here's an attempt to add meager documentation for bindaddress6 to the
-> >
-> > does this work with DNS names?
->
-> Hmm, actually, it might. IPv4 bindaddress doesn't (it never has, see the
-> manpage). IPv6 bindaddress6 uses getaddrinfo() which at a glance looks
-> like it does name resolutions.
->
->
-> > What if DNS record points to ipv4 and ipv6 address too?
->
-> No idea.
->
-> Is this important functionality? Using DNS seems antithetical to wanting
-> to bind to a specific IP, no? (Hmm, ok, I guess I see it. Interesting
-> thought.)
Seems I should change my question. DNS is probably wrong. But it could
probably be about /etc/hosts and ipv4 vs ipv6 addresses.
(dunno if a good eaxample: solaris ifconfig takes hostname as an argument,
if it is in /etc/hosts - makes configuretion more nice imho)
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